Chapter 187 Hoping for Zhou's Death
Even if my stepfather wanted to kill Zhou, I still hoped that she could survive until the baby's full month. Otherwise, it would be unlucky and bad for the reputation of the Sixth Prince.
Ruan stopped laughing and saw that there was only Xi Que in the room. Then she whispered in her ear, "She was almost dead a few days ago, but your father said that the Sixth Prince would be born soon, so he asked the doctor to use ginseng to keep her alive! It's only a matter of time."
It's impossible to say that she didn't hope for Zhou's death.
Zhou was not a generous and kind mistress.
Ruan was famous for her beauty. When Jiang Yankun took her as a concubine, she could enter the family tree after offering tea to the mistress.
A concubine is different from a concubine or a lowly concubine.
But after seeing her appearance, Zhou refused to agree and forced Ruan to sign a contract of sale, saying that she was a noble concubine, but in fact, she was a lowly concubine. Zhou could beat her to death or sell her at any time with her contract of sale.
Jiang Yankun had a difficult career at that time, and the Zhou family suppressed him. Even though he was unwilling, he was forced to do nothing.
From then on, Zhou targeted her in various ways.
Over the past ten years, she had suffered so much at the hands of Zhou that it would take three days and three nights to describe it.
Her method of torturing people was really vicious.
On Jiang Xinyue's ninth birthday, Jiang Yankun gave her a piece of fine green jade, but Jiang Yutong saw the green jade and insisted on snatching it away. When
the matter came to Zhou's attention, she used the family rules to punish Jiang Xinyue without explanation. Not only did she beat her to the point of being covered in wounds, she also asked her to take the jade from her waist and give it to Jiang Yutong.
At that time, Ruan cried and begged Zhou not to beat her, but Zhou remained indifferent. Ruan could only throw herself on Jiang Xinyue's back and use her body to protect her daughter.
Jiang Xinyue has been a stubborn person since she was a child, preferring to die in glory rather than live in disgrace.
Seeing Ruan being beaten, she begged for mercy and admitted her fault. When Zhou asked the servants to stop, Jiang Xinyue's face was beaten with a reed stick, leaving a very serious red mark.
When she took the jade off her body, Jiang Yutong laughed at her for overestimating her own abilities.
It was this sentence that angered Jiang Xinyue. She smashed the jade on the ground and ran out.
The girl had a strong explosive power, and Zhou couldn't catch her even when she called for people to catch her.
Jiang Yankun happened to come back from the government office, and Jiang Xinyue fell directly at Jiang Yankun's feet as he was about to enter the house.
Many merchants at the door of Jiang's house looked at the girl who suddenly rushed out. She deliberately raised her head so that everyone could see the scars on her face, and cried loudly: "Father! Father... I beg you to save Aunt Ruan! Just because my sister took a fancy to the jade pendant you gave me, and my daughter was reluctant to give it to her, my mother...she is going to beat my daughter and Aunt Ruan to death!"
The girl was born beautiful and bright. Although she was still young, she had grown into a graceful and beautiful lady.
The mistress of this family was so cruel that she wanted to beat the girl to death because of a jade pendant.
Look at the big scar on her face, he really wanted to destroy the girl's appearance!
Not only did Jiang Yankun and Zhou quarrel that time, but it was also said that Zhou was mean and intolerant.
It can be said that if Jiang Xinyue had not been smart since childhood, Ruan would not be alive today.
The mountain that was suffocating her was about to fall, how could Ruan not look forward to it soon?
But my husband is right, no matter how fast it is, it can't be faster than the full moon banquet of the Sixth Prince, because Zhou is still the Sixth Prince's legitimate grandmother in name.
"She must be able to survive the full-moon banquet and not leave any handle for those who have ulterior motives."
Ruan nodded repeatedly: "I will tell your father when I get back."
"How did Ze'er and his friends do in the imperial examination? Yan'er will be fourteen after the Chinese New Year this year. Can we talk about marriage?"
He remembered that his stepfather had set up a clan school at home and brought several young talents from the clan to the capital so that they could concentrate on preparing for the exam.
Ruan answered her one by one: "Ze'er almost passed the exam, but your elder brother was far from it. Zhou was very angry about this, so she became seriously ill. Your father said that the next imperial examination will be three years away. Ze'er has taken the principal of Songshan Academy as his teacher and has gone to Songshan to study. As for your cousins, they are older. I always heard your father tell them that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. I guess they will all go out to study after the Sixth Prince's full-month banquet is over."
Jiang Xinyue nodded and said, "Don't forget to tell them to be more careful when they go out and not to believe in good things that fall from the sky ." It may not be a pie but a trap. If I am implicated, I will not show any mercy. I said this in advance, don't blame me for being cold-hearted. "
Ruan kept all her words in mind: "I will tell your father when I go back."
The mother and daughter whispered for a long time. Jiang Xinyue was a little sleepy, so Ruan covered her with a quilt: "You have a good rest. The emperor asked me to stay for several days. He said that he wanted me to accompany you more. We still have a lot of time." It was not easy
to see her daughter in the palace. There was indeed a lot to say, but she had just given birth to a child and her body was weak. Ruan didn't want to tire her.
Jiang Xinyue nodded, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
"Doctor, is my queen okay?"
The lights in Jingren Palace were brightly lit, and several doctors were working together in front of Rong Fei's bed, treating the rotten flesh under her left shoulder.
"Madam Rong Fei, please bear with it. I am going to scrape the rotten flesh off. It may be a little painful."
Rong Fei gritted her teeth and said, "Scrape it!"
Emperor Xuanwu stood at the door for a long time without going in.
Lian Xuan looked at Rong Fei nervously, feeling dissatisfied. She wiped her tears and said, "Your Highness, you blocked an arrow for the Emperor and were seriously injured, but the Emperor only gave you a concubine title without even a ceremony. For such a long time, no one in the harem has come to see you except the Empress. Now that Xian Fei has given birth, she has taken all the limelight, and the Emperor is only thinking about her. How can he remember that you even gave up your life for her?"
"That's enough!"
Concubine Rong's face turned pale, and she tried not to look at the wound: "I blocked the arrow for the emperor subconsciously, not intentionally to make the emperor grateful to me. Concubine Xian is the one the emperor likes, why should I belittle myself and compare with her? I don't have such big ambitions, as long as I can live a stable life in the palace."
"But..."
"If you keep gossiping, I can't use you here anymore."
Lian Xuan's eyes were red: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I will never dare to do it again."
Emperor Xuanwu turned his head and asked Wang Dequan: "After Concubine Rong was crowned as a concubine, was there no ceremony to crown her as a concubine?"
Wang Dequan thought for a moment and said, "At that time, the Ye family launched a palace coup, and the emperor and the empress were busy cleaning up the palace. When they had some free time, Concubine Xian was pushed down by Concubine Yu. The Ministry of Internal Affairs probably forgot about it because they were too busy."
After all, she was the concubine who had protected him from the enemy and was also his cousin. Emperor Xuanwu ordered, "Pass on my order. When Concubine Rong's wounds heal, hold a ceremony to confer the title of Concubine on her in the Hall of Supreme Harmony."